Telegram-herald., 1887-02-09
The Defense States rs Case
and Terrell Iesrlnss.
SAYS HE DID not aEll 70 SHOOT.
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uo.le.,-r..f lisrsnce from taAs reported
rax "a ersminatioo ia TIC Police
.- $ she Afternoon session. and thea
.ness Nas ssorn. Jerome Daston.
up.3ge of the a.ssel Ezi.xzY Com
1 -h9 hs sal TIA ls tl0pgea nio tie
Barrett House ga the aisn- of tie shooting
au bis eAT Ed dance 0ur Oh ft-h-asr.
when be wept 1It he noticed crowd
- .Aenng Ia q circle ga .ns Sidewalk and
beard some 0ue ssE -i ara gOins 20 nsnt.
49, siI lck p n tonight To which 81
Cl.o1el replied ~ you w0u 6, / 80 Z let
yol Then 30 heard a pistol report And
ss~ AeC4ll0ugl drop. sAr him get up
tni noteei The wound IA his bead.
john Denton repeated Tue s-ory Ot the
shooting - he -aN a. lie came 0gt Oi The
house saw Terrell AXE skinner cut 90 The
el.e ~ tie Sidewalk and AK 10 him They
hal some E0rds add moved along With the
crowd % the north. Mccullough inter
-ed aad Terrell pushed hm away then
Mccullough struck a. Terrell Terrell pat
lls left afm around AcuA0uga's neck, aud
~ tnes3 heard = shot cred. Mccullough
ten 20 the Sidewalk and then witness saw
l-rre. standing with revolver II his
hand Terrell dld not say anything. Some
one erred out 'Get policeman Terrell
sal xed with Hall toward the Ohio House.
Witness vas within three Tee. OF the con
lssfans when the shooting took place.
The prosecution then rested rs case.
81 Chi. IN stating the defense, said That
he regretted the occurrence and expressed
feelings of s0rrOw for those whose lives
we're 10 be made sad because 81 n. While
he considered 10 bad practice 70 carry
weapon. and did not carry one ne thought
that other citizens a. good and law adding
a. himself were in the habit Of doing 50
Terrell aud Hall bOtn carried regOlvers
The defense claimed that Terrell went 10 the
Barrett House simply 10 SEE Skinner. not TO
d. him any harm. and that when the crowd
acc0mpanying Skinner had gathered menac-
lagly around the respondent fearing harm,
l- pulled his revolver 10 scare them back
and thus make his escape. n had no IN
rentIOn % shooting Some one pulled his
arm and in the melee the pistol went oil.
Terrell did not know that he had shot Nc
CnUod- b until he walked down Canal 80.
O conclusion the defense Will show that
re-rells previous life has been exemplary.
The respondent was then called ID the stand
and tesuded as follows "flrst
sot acquainted with Skinner near
taree years ago met him
st the home oi the Roberts girl bad known
lfail since the urlt Of January. theirs had
been a little trouble between Skinner aud
me and on the ri sht Of January - passed
b M on JetfersOn-aye he was riding and |
was walking. saw him three times. the
lllrl time We acreed 20 meet AZ tie Half
Way House the next night, went there
wiIh SIR. Hail / asked him to 90 Out there
with me owned revolver,
had bad 10 for four or i've years.
hai been u the habit OF carving one, we
started about past eight. did not see
Skinner there came back down tow on
.11L about half pas nine, had a bottle Of
eius With me- drank very little, perhaps .
swallow or two. went 20 Barrett House,
sslt inside and Hail siaid outside, saw
skinner be did some running around ard
.ten came OFT 90 The walk. ta.kei
sfa hiu there. several came out
eta him did MT know any
/ of the boys asked Skinner Why he did no,
| come 20 Halfway house sa,G he did !
/ said he q in AMI told him chat II be had
1nF sand he would have come out. don,
/ remember what reply he made think some
I body spoke up and said 90 10 the haymar-
/ Ss, Z sa.d q not fight there. but would *
/ % The talf Nay house, never saw James
| Mccullough before that night and did not
| recozui ~ him then there were az least ten
| people on the Sidewalk then. Jones stepped
/ up and said he'd 70 % the Haymarket with
/ me- / stepped back then came near Skinner
/ and said That's The man | came here 10
I f-ht nothing more was said, crowd
/ gathered around Skinner and [, but I did
/ not see Skinner. then ! was struck IN the
/ .srk of the meek. over the right ear and IN
/ .ns forehead had made 10 demonstration;
I mgseU up 70 this point the crowd
7 sset around me- hal a revolver when
7 went out the Halfway HOCse don't know
! tnsf 7 could Identify &. 30 was in mv hip
-Ns.